The Full Ratchet: Vc | Venture Capital | Angel Investors | Startup Investing | Fundraising | Crowdfunding | Pitch | Private E

Darren Bechtel of Brick & Mortar Ventures joins Nick on a special Crisis Coverage installment to discuss The Built World in Crisis. In this episode, we cover: Background and path to venture? South Park... must be a story behind the name there? Overview of the thesis at Brick & Mortar? Just have to say... I suspect that the impacts of this crisis on the built world will be more profound that we can possibly imagine... and I won't pretend to know what those might be. Can you talk a bit about what you're seeing and what that could mean for the future? Circling back to your path to venture... How did your family react to your pursuit of a career in VC in lieu of the family business? Walk us through your first angel investment -- was it opportunistic or were you looking for startup investments actively? How'd that one turn out? Prior to founding the firm, were there any existing firms in the space that you looked to for inspiration? Talk about your first fundraise... you had access to a lot more capital t